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White ware bowl with two dragons
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1911 - 1928
- Associated people
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Xuande, Emperor of China (ruled 1426 - 1435) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, thrown, covered in white slip and with slip-trailed decoration; inscription on base, in underglaze cobalt-blue
- Dimensions
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8.7 cm (height)
16.8 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.113
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Further reading
University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. C86
Glossary (2)
porcelain, slip
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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Barlow Collection
The piece copies a bowl of Xuande mark and period (1426–1435), but the originals differ in material, proportions and design.
The bowl is thinly potted, of steep conical form, slightly flared at the rim and with a straight foot. The outside is painted in white slip with two dragons and two cloud motifs among overall flames. The base is inscribed with a spurious four-character Xuande reign mark in a double ring in underglaze blue.
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